Ancestor, You Smell So Good!

[Straight-laced but self-deluded, flamboyant top X aloof but outrageously powerful, genuine ancestor bottom]

Lu Jiangyu, director of the Special Ability Bureau, has broad shoulders, a narrow waist, long legs, and a pair of flirtatious eyes that look at even dogs with tenderness. He is elegant and courteous in public, a perfect gentleman, but in truth he's a sanctimonious snake who hides a blade behind his smile.

He once led the bureau with the highest staff turnover rate for years running, earning the nickname "Jade-Faced Tyrant."

Since taking over, he has handled every special-ability incident flawlessly, until he became involved in the case that ensnared Chu Yun.

Chu Yun is a newly popular young actor. His celestial beauty and frosty demeanor caught a director's eye, landing him a role in an S+ production.

His haters say he's a pretty-boy with no strength to lift or carry anything, a nepotism hire who can only sell his looks. His fans say he's like an immortal banished from the divine realm, a pure visitor from the clouds.

Lu Jiangyu: Bullshit!

What banished immortal? He's an unregistered special-ability user!

And he keeps acting like he knows better, criticizing me for being too sloppy at work, not ruthless enough, and too softhearted.

Lu Jiangyu: Bullshit!

Who do you think you are, telling me what to do?!

Then, during a spirit-vein disturbance, the entire filming location was on the verge of collapse. Lu Jiangyu could only organize an evacuation, but Chu Yun headed straight against the flow of people.

Lu Jiangyu was stunned. "Are you crazy?! If you want to die, can't you pick somewhere else to be reborn?"

Chu Yun smiled faintly. "Youngster, watch and learn."

The out-of-control formation dissolved at his fingertips. He effortlessly subdued the raging spirit vein, and ancient techniques long forgotten by humanity reappeared. The S+-level threat was dealt with perfectly, with zero casualties.

Lu Jiangyu thought, This old fossil who's appeared out of nowhere and only knows how to nitpick is a real handful!

He's finally met someone who won't bend!

And a high-risk individual who's not even on the books!!!

From then on, he visited Chu Yun on set, arranged a car whenever Chu Yun went out, rented the apartment opposite his, and sat across from him at meals.

His subordinates were shocked and confused. Boss, boss! You're acting like, well, a sasaeng fan or something! Aren't you straight? How are you chasing a male celebrity?!

Lu Jiangyu only found it absurd. "Bullshit!"

"First, don't call me boss. Second, I'm straight. Finally, this is work. Who likes staring at a man all day?"

Even if that man was a little better-looking than him, a little more capable, a little more knowledgeable, and a little more popular.

He was still a man!

He's not interested in men with bodies that are this hard!

This is selfless devotion to the public good.

But after Chu Yun showered, his damp hair swept up, revealing the suggestive curve of his Adam's apple. When he ate, his wrist looked slender and elegant as he held his chopsticks, as if one light grip could leave a red mark that belonged to Lu Jiangyu. Even the mole on his collarbone rose and fell with his breathing when he pretended to nap, making Lu Jiangyu's mouth go dry.

He felt that Chu Yun was an anomaly who targeted him alone, seducing him every second of the day.

After one lapse in self-control, Lu Jiangyu looked at his own disheveled state and swore that once he uncovered Chu Yun's identity, he would leave without looking back.

At last, Chu Yun's identity was exposed during a special-ability incident:

He was the most tyrannical emperor of two thousand years ago, the one who ended the age of spiritual power, wiped the rampaging demon race from history, and ushered in an age of peace and prosperity.

He was Lu Jiangyu's ancestor's ancestor's ancestor's... ancestor.

And at that moment, the ancestor was dancing with a sword onstage at the victory celebration. The swordplay was graceful and fluid, his figure like a swimming dragon. His gaze seemed to look down on all things, yet encompassed everything in the world.

If gods existed, they could be no more than this.

Lu Jiangyu: ...

I... am still... straight, right?

Extra scene:

Lu Jiangyu had just finished reading The Good Boyfriend's Guide: 108 Things You Must Do when a flash of brilliant color caught his eye and a wave of warm steam swept over him.

The thin silk pajamas were damp from his un-dried hair, outlining his slender waist. It made Lu Jiangyu's heart burn, though Chu Yun himself was completely unaware.

Lu Jiangyu tried and tried to hold back, then primly turned his gaze away. "Could you... stop seducing me?"

Chu Yun, lifting his wet hair with one hand and holding a hair dryer in the other, looked confused. "What did you say?"

Lu Jiangyu felt his face turn red and went to take the hair dryer. "...Nothing. I'm the one who wants to seduce you."

Reader's Guide:

1. The blurb is from the top's perspective, but the main story is told from the bottom's perspective. Straight-laced but self-deluded, flamboyant top X aloof but outrageously powerful, genuine ancestor bottom.

2. The entertainment-industry storyline is limited. The focus is mainly on the sweet romance between the couple. No switching, no switching, no switching!!!

3. No real-life counterparts or celebrities. Otherwise, the real celebrity would be cursed with a lifetime of obscurity.

Theme: Face adversity without fear and surpass yourself.